Aaron Daye is a busy man.

“On average, I only get about four hours of sleep,” he said.

Daye spends most of his time as a photographer and graphic designer. But the 22-year-old also has been a T-shirt designer, event planner, and painter.

The self-proclaimed “renaissance man” is a recent North Carolina Central University graduate.

In addition to being an entrepreneur, Daye is busy in the community organizing blood drives and fundraisers for his fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. He also is the fraternity’s historian, social chairman, and Webmaster.

“I can never say no,” he said.

The fast-pace of the New York Times Student Journalism Institute is nothing new to Daye, who is participating this summer.

“I’m pretty used to always being on the go,” he said. “Here I won’t have all my other things going on keeping me from giving 150 percent.”

The former intern at The Herald-Sun in Durham, N.C., said he hopes the institute helps him become a better visual artist.

Daye has several plans for his future, including establishing a marketing, graphic design, and photography firm. He also wants to open a barber shop and try his hand at real estate.

With all his aspirations, sleep will be the last thing on Daye’s mind.